:flash: Steve Wozniak v. Stephen Colbert – woz on the iphone, drm and more: “I don’t know. It will be a big hit off the bat, but after people have the iPhone it will truly be judged and compared. Will word of mouth kill it or make it a hit? Who knows?”.

:flash: Meet the ‘IPhoney’: How to Roll Your Own IPhone – “While Apple’s $500 device certainly has some pizzazz that makes it unique, many of its so-called revolutionary features are already available in other phones — some of which sell for about half the price and, unlike the iPhone, can be used on any network …”

:flash: So sue me > iPhone without AT&T – “I’ve found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without giving any of your money or personal information to AT&T NSA. The iPhone does not have phone capability, but the iPod and WiFi work. Stay tuned!”

:flash: Australian women arrested for WoW kidnap plot – “In perhaps the most bizarre WoW relationship story yet seen, a 31-year-old Australian woman has been arrested in America for allegedly attempting to lure her 17-year-old boyfriend – met via Blizzard’s World of Warcraft MMORPG – back to Oz”

:flash: Gnomes Rain From Azeroth’s Skies – “The gnomes left behind corpses arranged to spell out the name of a web site dealing in virtual gold sales–an effective means of advertising third-party services Blizzard”

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:flash: ‘Star Trek’ Extra, Dark Priest Running For President – “According to the Federal Election Commission, more than 130 people have filed paperwork to be official candidates to date. For those of you keeping score at home, we thought we’d break down some of the candidates for you.

:flash: Babies not as innocent as they pretend – “Behavioural experts have found that infants begin to lie from as young as six months. Simple fibs help to train them for more complex deceptions in later life.” the question kinda is, do they pretend to be innocent?

:flash: Browser games are the new Wii – “The relatively cheap availability of broadband, together with better browser applications and a growing interest in casual gaming have opening up the market for these quick ‘n’ dirty games.”

:flash: Secondfest – “The virtual site was jam-packed for the three days (I missed Pet Shop Boys because the servers were too full), and apart from the anticipated difficulties with the technological limitations of the application, the whole thing was a great success.”

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